Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 535 - DAMS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS
CONSTRUCTION, RECONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF DAMS
Section 535.240 - Requirements for approval

1. Except as otherwise provided in NAC 535.220, to obtain the approval of the State Engineer pursuant to NRS NRS 535.010, the plans and specifications must, in addition to all other applicable requirements, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the State Engineer that:

2. For the purposes of this section, the inflow design flood used for design purposes must not, except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, be less than:

3. The State Engineer will approve plans that use an inflow design flood which is less than those set forth in subsection 2 if the applicant provides an incremental damage analysis that demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the State Engineer, that a lesser event is appropriate.

4. An applicant may use one or more watershed diversion structures in lieu of spillways for the protection of a dam embankment so long as:

5. A dam must have freeboard adequate to prevent overtopping by wave run-up and reservoir fetch above the storm surcharge elevation. The adequacy of the freeboard must be demonstrated by evidence satisfactory to the State Engineer in the form of:

6. As used in this section, "storm surcharge elevation" means the elevation that the water surface would reach if the inflow design flood of a dam were added to a reservoir that is at its maximum conservation elevation.